Hi Everyone,

And here is more on the back! Really you cannot do enough for backs I think and having a few different video’s to choose from is great, you can alternate them and you’ll than find out what works for you!

The poses I demonstarte here are:

• variation of down dog against the wall
• downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana
• cobra pose / bhujangasana
• variation of reclining big toe pose / supta padangusthasana

Have a go at it.  Bringing these poses now and than into your normal practice is also good to maintain a healthy back!

Hi everyone,

Part 3 of yoga for beginners! The final part of the Yoga for Beginners series focusses more on poses that require a bit more strength, in your arms and core! We are getting into a baby backbend (cobra) and a twist. Hope you’ll enjoy it!

As you know I haven’t been feeling great the past week so I haven’t got a new video for this week so here is an older one which fell through the cracks and wasn’t put up previously here. This completes the Yoga for Beginners series.

In this video the poses I explain are:

• chair pose / utkatasana
• downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana
• plank pose
• variation to chaturanga dandasana
• cobra pose / bhujangasana
• lunge / lunge twist
• child pose / balasana

Enjoy

Esther

Yoga for Beginners – Full Series
Part 1 - Basic Standing Poses
For all of you who want to do yoga, but don’t know how! There’s no time like the present to start practicing , Just start…, begin with this part one. Slowly get used to some of the basic standing poses that I will go through in this part and the next few.

Part 2 – Standing Side Stretches
Here part 2 of the beginners series. Still focussing on standing poses! When you begin with yoga I think they are the core poses you need to learn first.

Part 3 – More Advanced Poses
The final part of the Yoga for Beginners series moves from the basic standing poses to some of the more exerting twists and stretches.

Hi everyone,
Here a little tutorial about jumping forward from downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana to standing forward bend/ uttanasana. Have fun practicing it, you’re working on your upper body strength and core strength while you’re at it!
:) Esther

Hi everyone,
Here a short tutorial about all the different moves you can do in downward facing dog pose. Probably one of the most used poses. Playing around in this pose is especially good to work on your upper body strength, without noticing it! Hope you’ll enjoy it!
Esther

Here is some more yoga for the hips, good for dancers, athletes and people with lower back problems. Lots of unconscious stuff is stored in the hips, it’s important and worth it to work on the hips regularly. When you work on your hips consciously you also work on your suppressed emotions and blockages. This is not necessarily fun but rewarding, what you know about is workable, what you don’t know about owns you.

Good luck, and do this with love for yourself…

Esther

In this sequence I start with a :

centering

warming up with a cat/cow stretch

low lunge / ajaneyasana

supine eye of the needle pose

pigeon pose / eka pada rajakapotasana

downward facing dog pose / adho muka svanasana

cobbler, butterfly, bound angle pose / baddha konasana

I got a request in to make a short yoga routine specifically good for surfers. Now that doesn’t mean its not good for you when you don’t surf. I’ve targeted shoulders hips and core strength with this routine. I hope you like it.

The poses I domonstrate here are:

Mountain pose / Tadasana

forward bend / uttanasana

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

high lung / virabhadrasana

gomukhasana arms

plank pose

low push up position / chaturanga dandasana

extended side angle pose / utthita parsvakonansana

triangle pose / utthita trikonasana

warrior II / virabhadrasana II

child pose / balasana

dolphin pose

Here are three poses to do when you are away on your holidays and you cannot think of anything else. They are easy to remember an you will feel better for doing them.

Enjoy the holidays,

Esther

The poses I’m demonstrating in the yoga video are:

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

cobra pose / bhujangasana

lord of the fishes pose / ardha matsyendrasana

Here the sequence I did to help get me started today, I used some backbends and twists to open and strengthen my chest and shoulders. Enjoy it!

The poses I practice in this sequence are:

mountain pose / tadasana

chair pose / utkatasana

standing forward fold / uttanasana

half standing forward fold / ardha uttanasana

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

virabhadrasana I / warrior I

upward facing dog pose / urdhva mukha svanasana

wide legged forward bend / prasarita padottanasana

variation of wide legged forward bend

garland pose or squatting / malasana

Here is a sequence to help you improve your physical balance, with physical balance comes emotional balance. They influence each other, so to me balancing poses are an important part to your yoga practice.

Enjoy balancing yourself :)

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

tadasana / mountain pose

vrksasana / tree pose

virabhadrasana III / warrior III

bakasana / crane pose

utkatasana / chair pose

malasana / squat

adho mukha svanasana / downward facing dog pose

Here a nice upbeat vinyasa sequence to practice when you want to do something dynamic. The sequences is going fast enough, so its more for you who are practicing yoga for a while already. Hope you enjoy it! x Esther

The poses that are being used in this sequence are:

downward facing dog pose / adho mukha svanasana

standing forward bend / uttanasana

mountain pose / tadasana

lunge / ashwa sanchalasana

plank

cobra pose / bhujangasana

extended side angle pose / utthita parsvakonasana

bound extended side angle pose / baddha utthita parsvakonasana

warrior II / virabhadrasana II

extended triangle pose / utthita trikonasana

garland pose / malasana

boat pose / navasana

revolved belly pose / jathara parivarttasana